convention & cosplay lore (est 2000)
Long Beach Comic Expo 2019 took place on February 16-17, 2019 at the Long Beach Convention Center in downtown Long Beach. Going up against Gallifrey One in Los Angeles and Katsucon, one of the most popular conventions for cosplay photos,…
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Long Beach Comic Expo took place at the Long Beach Convention Center on February 17-18, 2019 and was a bit smaller than previous years. As this is the smaller of the two Long Beach themed comic conventions it wasn’t too…
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Anime NYC returns to NYC for its second year in a row! Taking place at the Javits Center on the west side of Manhattan, this show is conveniently located close by the 7 train subway (how I got there) and…
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Chara Expo took place on November 10 – 11, 2018 in Anaheim at the Anaheim Convention Center. This was the last major anime event of the year. Chara Expo was sponsored by Bushiroad best known for New Japan Pro Wrestling,…
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Los Angeles Comic Con took place on October 25 to October 27, 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. The event has been going strong in the past several years falling on Halloween weekend. The event…
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Los Angeles Comic Con is one of Southern California’s biggest pop culture events. San Diego Comic Con, Wonder Con, and LA Comic Con are the big three events in Southern California for everything in entertainment and pop culture. Los Angeles…
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In the months leading up to LA Comic Con I called it ‘Identity Crisis Con’ due to how often they change up the name. However, when I looked over the guest list and schedule then I realized that no matter…
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Disclosure: Eri Kagami and Jared the Greek were invited as guest panelists for Kraken Con Report: Happier Podcast: Zero Hour #139 Gallery: Facebook
Kraken Con took place on September 28 – 30, 2018 at the Oakland Convention Center in gentrified Oakland, CA. Kraken Con invited guests such as Deedee Mango Hall, Courtenay Taylor, Kahri Wahlgren, and Xanthe Huyhn to their final show. Kraken…
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Anime Expo took place on July 5-8, 2018 in downtown Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This is their 10th year at the Los Angeles Convention Center. 110,000 otaku’s from all over the world came to the biggest…
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